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Question: Do you think that the spread of infectious diseases is a major threat, a minor threat, or not a threat to (survey country)?
Choices: "Major threat" "Minor threat" "Not a threat"
Data: % of "Major threat"
Period:
Area:
14 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea89.8%
2 Japan 89.7%
3 Spain78.9%
3 United States78.9%
5 United Kingdom75.1%
6 France74.4%
7 Belgium69.5%
8 Canada69.0%
9 Italy68.5%
10 Australia68.2%
11 Netherlands59.6%
12 Sweden54.0%
13 Denmark53.8%
14 Germany52.5%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 224 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Summer 2020.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -3.099727 X +8.943
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.817
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.667

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -58558.744805 X +90690.023
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.496
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.246

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 2.209799 X +80.450
Correlation coefficient (r)0.137
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.019

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = -1.355264 X +2.445
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.605
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.366

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data14
Regression equation
Y = 14.927896 X +0.038
Correlation coefficient (r)0.420
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.176